FIRST DAY
JUNE 18 , 2019
REGISTRATION
10:30 – 9:00
Inaugural Ceremony & Welcome to the ECO Summit
13:30 – 10:30
Significant individuals in this ceremony:
Gholamhossein Shafei
Head of Iran chamber of commerce, mine and Industry
Dr. Iraj Harirchi
General deputy of Iran ministry of health
Akbar Behnamjoo
provincial governor of Ardebil
Hossein Pir Moazen
Board of member of Iran chamber of commerce, mine and Industry
Prayers and Lunch
15:00 – 13:00
Inaugural Ceremony of Exhibition
16:00 – 15:30
Session I :wellness & SPAs destination and cluster development (Focused on Ardabil as a wellness destination):
18:00 – 16:00
- “Hotels bridging healthcare,” or H2H: a new international healthcare approach & design
- Successful patterns or benchmarking in wellness tourism cluster Development
- Investing in spas resorts & Health and Well-Being Destinations
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Mohammadtaghi Rahnamaii
Retired professor of Tehran university, professional and researcher in tourism development
Jalal Naeli
Deputy D.G for Economic & Bilateal cooperation, international affairs department, Ministry of health
Dr. Naser Ebadi
Head of medical council (West-Azarbayjan province, Iran)
Sahram Alba
Managing Director of Tourism Development Consortium (Iran), Wellness tourism villages & city Development Consultant
Workshop for Medical Tourism actors (WFMTA)
20:00 – 18:00
international Accreditation & service quality in health tourism
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Ali Hojjati
Accreditation Canada Health care improvement lead advisor and program manager
Dr. med. Andrea Sydow
Geschaftsfuherin bei Sydow Health Care Consult
Dr. Mohammad Jahangiri
Iran International Healthcare Association (Founder and Chairman), Deputy for supervisor & technical affairs of Iran’s medical council
Dr. Shahriyar Eslami Tabar
Director General of the Office of Inspection and Legal Affairs of the Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health
Exhibitor showcase and B2B Meetings
21:00 – 15:00
Dinner Reception in honor of participating delegates
20:00 – 19:00
Second DAY
June 19 , 2019
Session II: Telemedicine, teleconsultation,….
10:00 – 8:00
Keynote speakers:
Alireza Askari MD
DG for Supervision of Curative Affairs and Accreditation, Ministry of Health
Saeed Hashemzadeh MD
Manager of health tourism department, Ministry of Health
Prof. A. Sharafkhaneh
MD, Ph.D, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX USA
Bita Farhadpour
, BSc: Director of Telehealth, Product Owner Digital health, Dignity Health; Sacremento, CA, US
Azita Tavallaei
MD, MHA, Managing Director, Sleep Disorders Center, Ordibehesht Hospital, Shiraz, Iran
Tea- Coffee Break
10:30 – 10:00
Session III : Health Tourism Marketing & Branding:
12:30 – 10:30
- Building an Eco healthcare brand
- Smartphone apps in health tourism business
- Creating a marketing strategic-operational plan for health tourism destinations & providers
Keynote speakers:
Alireza movdodi
Head of trade promotion organization of Iran
Dr.Fariba Nazari
Founder and President of International Health Tourism and Business Federation (UTSAF)
Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Selvam Ramaraj
Microbiologist by training with over 25 years of professional experience (Indian)
Mehmet Ali KILICKAYA
Director General, International Health Services Corporation (USHAŞ)
Dr.Amin Haghighat
Director of health tourism steering council of Iran
Mohammad Ibrahim Larijani
Director General of Tourism Marketing and Advertising Office of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization, Iran
Dr. Ali Asghar Shalbafiyan
Assistant professor of tourism faculty semnan university
Lunch
14:00 – 13:15
Session IV: Cross-Cultural Interaction and health tourism
16:30 – 14:30
- The realities of region healthcare & planning to make Cross-Cultural Interaction to develop regional health tourism
- Health Tourism as a tool for Promoting Diplomacy
- Strengthening Inter-cultural understanding as an effective strategy to promoting health tourism
- International & ECO countries health regulations & law
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Mohammad Reza Karbasi
Deputy of international affairs of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, mine and Industry
Dr. Hamid Zargham boroujeni
Associate Professor of ALlameh Tabataba’i University, tourism Management department
Ali Olgun BOYDAK
Lokman Hekim Hospitals / International Patient Coordinator (Turkey)
Dr. Mohammad Sadeghi
(health tourism consultant, Iran Minister of Health)
Ahmad Asghari
Vice President of ECO Chamber of Commerce
Akbar Ghamkhar
Member of the Board (Iranian Tour Operators association & Iran International Healthcare Association)
Exhibitor showcase and B2B Meetings
21:00 – 15:00
Workshop for Medical Tourism actors (WFMTA)
18:30 – 16:30
Subject: sustainable tourism development & planning: from theory to practice
Dr. Hamid Zargham boroujeni
Associate Professor of ALlameh Tabataba’i University, tourism Management department
Ali Olgun BOYDAK
Lokman Hekim Hospitals / International Patient Coordinator (Turkey)
Dr. Arash Anissian
Vice President of Iran international Healthcare association
Adoption of the Final Resolution and Closing Ceremony
19:30 – 18:30
Dinner Reception in honor of participating delegates
20:00 – 19:30
Third DAY
June 20 , 2019
Health tourism start-ups meeting & Workshop
11:30 – 8:30
Keynote speakers:
Prof. Dr. Wong Kong Yew
Oriental Mace Group CEO
Chairman of MyBeauty Tourism
Adem Kula
Secretary General of ECO CCI
Diako Abbasi
tourism marketing & development consultant & executive manager of Iran international healthcare association
Dr. Amir Aslanzadeh
MyBeauty Tourism Senior Manager for International Business Development & Middle East Exclusive Representative
Jafar Bapiri
University lecturer, business and Tourism e-marketing consultant
Reza Jamili
Founder & manager of medtourpress
Mohammad Hadi Shajari
Founder & Manager of Aria medtour Start-up (as a health Tourism facilitator), Iran
Lunch
14:30 – 12:30
Exhibitor showcase, B2B Meetings
15:00 – 17:00